[PATCH] drm/aspeed: Balance the display clock enable on teardown

From: Myeonghun Pak

Date: Sun Sep 13 2026 - 18:34:17 EST


aspeed_gfx_load() enables the display clock without checking the return
value and never disables it on probe failure or removal. devm_clk_get()
only releases the clock reference, leaving the enable unbalanced.

Use devm_clk_get_enabled() to handle enable failures and automatically
disable and unprepare the clock on probe failure or removal.

This issue was identified during our ongoing static-analysis research
while reviewing kernel code.

Fixes: 4f2a8f5898ec ("drm: Add ASPEED GFX driver")
Co-developed-by: Ijae Kim <ae878000@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ijae Kim <ae878000@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Myeonghun Pak <mhun512@xxxxxxxxx>
Assisted-by: OpenAI:GPT-5.6
---
Validated with an ARM64 W=1 object build and strict checkpatch.
No hardware runtime, clock-failure injection or unbind testing was done.

drivers/gpu/drm/aspeed/aspeed_gfx_drv.c | 5 ++---
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/aspeed/aspeed_gfx_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/aspeed/aspeed_gfx_drv.c
index d4577663a..aa36b79d0 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/aspeed/aspeed_gfx_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/aspeed/aspeed_gfx_drv.c
@@ -189,13 +189,12 @@ static int aspeed_gfx_load(struct drm_device *drm)
}
reset_control_deassert(priv->rst);

- priv->clk = devm_clk_get(drm->dev, NULL);
+ priv->clk = devm_clk_get_enabled(drm->dev, NULL);
if (IS_ERR(priv->clk)) {
dev_err(&pdev->dev,
- "missing or invalid clk device tree entry");
+ "failed to get and enable clock\n");
return PTR_ERR(priv->clk);
}
- clk_prepare_enable(priv->clk);

/* Sanitize control registers */
writel(0, priv->base + CRT_CTRL1);